Benefits of Diabetes Education

Benefits of Diabetes Education

Introduction

Diabetes is simply referred to a disease that occurs due to a group of metabolic diseases in which an individual suffers from high blood sugar. There are two reasons because of which individuals suffer from diabetes or high blood sugar. This happens because wither the cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced or the pancreas leave to produce enough insulin required. The symptoms of polyuria which is referred to as frequent urination is produced by high blood sugar along with the symptoms of polydispia which is referred to as increasing thirst and polyhagia which is referred to as increasing hunger. These are the most significant symptoms that are experienced by an individual suffering from diabetes. It has been very obvious that the education of diabetes is very important to be provided to people so that self management becomes easier for the patients of diabetes. The core focus of this paper is to identify and discuss the benefits of diabetes education to individuals through the following discussion.

Discussion

Education of diabetes is viewed as a very important training or tool for the people who suffer from diabetes to assist them in taking better care of them. The subject of the provision of diabetes education to the individuals has been in the focus from the past few years and a number of different initiatives are made by different healthcare organizations for spreading the education about diabetes and self management all over the world. It has also been observed that there are various benefits of diabetes education that are attained by the individuals through effective diabetes education and training. Avery important [point to note is that the education of diabetes helps the patients as well as the health practitioners along with the other people involved in the education program related to the disease of diabetes.

From the perspective of the diabetes educators, the educators of diabetes are considered to be an integral part of the healthcare team (Valde, 2011). The diabetes educators could involve dietitians, endocrinologists, optometrists, nurses, exercise physiologists and pharmacists. The diabetes educators are very important individuals who assist the clients and patients to improve their skills and define their objectives for managing diabetes and avoiding any further complications. It is significant that a diabetes educator develops a personalized plan after meeting with the client founded on the health, objectives, daily schedule and activity level of the patient for the maintenance of good health. The diabetes education plan benefits the diabetes patients in seven ways because the pan is based on seven important self care behaviors. These important behaviors and skills include healthy eating, medication schedule, exercise schedule, problem solving skills, blood sugar monitoring, and healthy coping techniques along with the reduction of risks for further complications. In addition to this, the diabetes educators plan routine visits to the patients to provide them with assistance when required for healthy self management of diabetes. A very important benefit that is adopted by the individuals suffering from ...